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Machinist 

Simply put, a machinist uses tools to make other tools. Some machine tools used are the milling machine, lathe, surface grinder, CNC mill and CNC turning centres, among others.

A machinist cuts, drills, taps, reams, bores, mills, turns, deburrs, files, grinds, programs, and assembles metals, plastics, wood, and any number of exotic materials used in consumer goods, automotive, aerospace, and medical areas of industry.

Machinists--unlike machine operators--are skilled tradesmen. They are required to have a solid background in problem-solving skills using technical math, metrology (measurement), as well as CNC programming (Mastercam, Solidworks, etc.) editing, and operation.
Hey Billy, wanna be a machinist?
Machinist by not_on_the_dole_guy December 12, 2006

machinima 

The art of using a pre-rendered gaming engine and making it into a film.The word is derived from:Machine and Cinema.
Dude,RvB is the best machinima on the web!
machinima by Grifmasta (sean) November 6, 2004

mcminimum wage 

A reference to the lowest amount of money an employee can be paid, and the low amount of money paid to one working at McDonalds.
A combination of the word "McDonalds" and the words "minimum wage".
Guy: Hey, how's the pay at your new job?
Girl: Terrible, I'm being paid McMinimum wage
mcminimum wage by ShaNayMay September 23, 2007

Mac Mini 

A much-scaled down and low cost version of Apple's Macintosh computers. This is also the 2005 version of the Apple G4 Cube, which demised due to poor sales. This is part of [Apple's new plan to get exisiting PC users, mainly iPod users to switch to the mac platform, by offering a mac for less than $500 which is extremely small in dimensions to save space. The Mac mini requires a USB keyboard, USB mouse and monitor, which all used on mordern PCs are compatable with the ports found on the Mac mini.
After a friend let me use his Mac mini that he recently bought, I was amazed about how great it was. At just USD $499, I decieded to purchase one, and attached it to my flat-screen monitor that I currently use with my Dell. It was the best purchased I've ever made. I never understood the appeal of Macs until now.
Mac Mini by aelso January 19, 2005

Machinimate 

To animate or puppeteer video game avatars for a machinima.
"Since Geoff Ramsey got shot in the face, who's going to machinimate Griff in Red vs Blue?"
Machinimate by Mr. Doubaley February 5, 2010

Weirdo Machinima 

When someone or something is peculiar beyond words or definition and can only be explained as “weirdo machinima”.
Yeah that guy is just a weirdo machinima.
This person is such a weirdo machinima.
That’s just a case of weirdo machinima.
This is very weirdo machinima.